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JERKINS COMPLETES KATRINA BENEFIT CD: All-star single borrows ‘We Are Family’; heads to radio in June, retail in Aug.
*Rodney Jerkins has just completed the final mixes on his all-star Katrina benefit CD, which reunites Sister Sledge and puts them with the likes of Patti Labelle, George Clinton, Ciara and others for an update on their biggest hit, “We Are Family.”
The single will be released to radio the third week of June and to retail on Aug 29, while a full-length CD, to include music recorded by various artists (to be announced), will be distributed by Universal Music Group worldwide this fall.
Proceeds will benefit victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster through project partners, including "Points Of Light Foundation" (www.polf.org), "Communities In Schools" (www.cisnet.org) and the "U.S. Dream Academy."
"My ‘family’ in the music business -- my friends -- are excited to be a part of the ‘We Are Family’ CD and DVD to raise funds and awareness for the displaced families still affected by Hurricane Katrina," says Jerkins in a statement. "I am honored to lend my creative talents to help the volunteers who provide the social and human services needed on a daily basis to help these families make it day-to-day. They are heroes in action."
Also lending vocals to the project are Christina Milian, Chris Brown, Lyfe Jennings, Mary Mary and Ray J.
The benefit single marks the first performance by Sister Sledge in two decades.
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